Armed School guards - impractical, expensive, ineffective, illogical

[HooptieWagon]

7. I think you're overreacting.

A cop at a school isn't just sitting around. They interact with students...sometimes being an unofficial mentor for troubled kids. Sometimes kids look to a police officer friend to tell tnem about abuse at home, or knowledge of a past crime, perhaps even tell them when they hear of a classmate who's brought a weapon or drugs to school. So, there's plenty of reasons for a cop to be at a school, and as long as they're there, they might as well be armed.
Many schools in my area have cops, they're called Community Resource Officers. There have been no incidents, and parents by and large support the program. There have been several planned school shootings that were stopped in the planning stages, though I don't know how involved the cop was in stopping them.
Now, a armed security guard, aka "rent-a-cop", I would be against. Don't have the experience, training, or close working relationship with local LE.